A proposal requiring public hospitals to provide abortion services as part of their federal funding arrangements will not be revived, the prime minister says.
Despite Labor taking the policy to the 2019 election, Mr Albanese said his government is not considering it.
Although public hospitals receive funding from the Commonwealth, services offered at them are a matter for the states to decide, he said.
"We don't control the health system, states control the health system and they deal with these issues," Mr Albanese told Melbourne radio 3AW.
Yet a Queensland Labor MP has called on the prime minister to bring the policy back to the table for discussion.
State government assistant minister Brittany Lauga wants the federal government to reconsider its previous proposal for public hospitals, which would make termination services more widely available.
"The state and the Commonwealth definitely need to work together to help provide these services," she told The Oz website.
"The state cannot do all of the heavy lifting when it comes to reproductive health."
The US Supreme Court's overturning of a landmark abortion ruling in June has sparked a conversation about women's reproductive health in Australia.
But Australia does not have the same debate as in the United States, the prime minister said.
"We're fortunate that in Australia, we don't have the sort of divisive debate ... that we've seen playing out with a Supreme Court decision on Roe versus Wade," he said.
"It's a very unfortunate decision."
